Virginia Gildersleeve

For more than twenty-five years my mind had been deeply troubled by the fact that these mechanical and scientific achievements ofman had…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

The peace conference must not adjourn without the establishment of some ordered system of international government, backed by power enough to give…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex.…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind.

— Virginia Gildersleeve

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some…

— Virginia Gildersleeve